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Altoona Curve ((Pirates)) vs. Thunder Thunder ((Yankees)) RHP Scooter Hightower (0-1, 5.09) vs. RHP Alexander Vargas (4-1, 4.26) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday August 7, 2018 • 7:00 PM • Game 113 of 140 • ARM & HAMMER Park • Trenton, NJ 2 LAST GAME: 2018 Eastern League Standings HARTFORD, CT --- Mandy Alvarez's second home run of the day, a two-run shot in the 11th inning, pushed the Thunder to a 4-2, series- winning, victory over the Hartford Yard Goats on Sunday night at Dunkin Donuts Park. 2.xEast Division W L GB Streak New Hampshire 64 46 -- W1 With the International Tie Breaker runner aboard and one away, Alvarez crushed a 1-2 offering from Matt Pierpont over the wall in left-center to complete a comeback victory. David Sosebee worked a scoreless 11th to secure the extra inning victory, Trenton's eighth in 11 games that Trenton 63 49 2.0 W1 have gone longer than the allotted amount. Binghamton 53 60 12.5 W1 Hartford 52 59 12.5 L1 The Yard Goats grabbed the first two runs in the game against Thunder starter Alexander Vargas in the fourth. With men on the corners and Reading 52 60 13.0 W2 one out, Brian Mundell lifted a sacrifice fly to right to score Drew Weeks. Later in the frame, Ryan Metzler doubled in Omar Carrizales to take a 2-0 lead. Portland 46 65 18.5 W1 Vargas was lifted following Mezler's double and James Reeves entered to keep it a 2-0 game. Reeves all seven batters he faced while the West Division W L GB Streak Thunder offense mounted a rally to tie the game. Akron 66 47 -- L1 Altoona 59 50 5.0 W1 Mandy Alvarez smacked a solo home run in the sixth, his 11th of the year, and Rashad Crawford tied the game in the seventh with a single Harrisburg 57 54 8.0 L1 scoring Jhalan Jackson. The rally ruined a strong start from Hartford's Ryan Castellani who went a season-high seven innings but took a no- decision. The Thunder bullpen turned in a brilliant day after Vargas as Reeves, Matt Wivinis and Sosebee combined on 7.1 scoreless allowing Richmond 53 58 12.0 L1 just one hit and one walk with ten strikeouts. Erie 52 60 13.5 L1 Bowie 51 60 14.0 L2 Sunday was Alvarez's second multi-homerun game of the season and his career. He led the Thunder offense with three hits. The Thunder improved to 8-3 in extra inning games this season, 4-1 on the road. 2018 Monthly Report THUNDER CLAPS: THE HOME STRETCH: Including today, the Thunder have just 28 games remaining in the regular season. Eigh teen of April: 12- 9, May: 20-12, June: 14-13, those are against the Eastern Division, while Trenton will still face Harrisburg once more and Altoona twice more to round July: 14-13, August: 3-2, September: 0-0 out its slate of games against the Western Division. Date Opponent Time/Result FLYING HIGH: Trenton has won seven of its last 10 games, each of which have come against Eastern Division rivals. With 8/1 @ Reading W 6-1 the- 2past7 three-game series win over Hartford, the Thunder have now won four consecutive series over Eastern Division 8/2 @ Reading L 8-4 teams, and Sunday’s win over the Yard Goats brought the club back to 14 games over .500, matching a season-high. 8/3 @ Hartford W 2-1 Additionally, the Thunder have not lost back-to-back games since July 18-19, when they dropped the final two games of a 8/4 @ Hartford L 6-3 series in New Hampshire. 8/5 @ Hartford W 4-2 (11) 8/6 KINGS OF THE HILL: The Thunder have used 36 different pitchers this season, more than any other Eastern League team. 8/7 Altoona 7:00 PM In spite of this, Trenton leads the league in numerous pitching categories, including ERA (3.20), WHIP (1.21), and strikeouts 8/8 Altoona 12:00 PM (1,004). The team has also allowed the fewest hits (809), fewest runs (402), and fewest home runs (68) in the league. 8/9 Altoona 7:00 PM 8/10 @ Harrisburg 7:00 PM EN FUEGO: Over his last six games, Mandy Alvarez is batting .417 (10-for-24) with three home runs and seven RBI. The 8/11 @ Harrisburg 6:00 PM streak features a trio of three-hit performances, including a two-homer game Sunday in Hartford that was Alvarez’s second 8/12 @ Harrisburg 1:30 PM multi -home run game of the season and of his career. Between Trenton (91 games) and high-A Tampa (9 games) this season, Alvarez has set career-highs in hits (92), doubles (24), triples (3), home runs (12), RBI (51), and walks (26). 8/13 8/14 @ Portland 7:00 PM THE JOURNEYMAN: Catcher Ryan Lidge has reached base safely in six straight games (one shy of his season-long on- 8/15 @ Portland 7:00 PM base streak) and is batting .353 (6-for-17) during those. six games. He also had a four-game hitting streak (his longest at 8/16 @ Portland 12:00 PM double-A) come to an end Saturday after going 0-for-1 with a walk as a mid-game substitute. This is Lidge’s fourth stint at 8/17 New Hampshire 7:00 PM double-A this season; the Illinois native has also spent time with high-A Tampa, low-A Charleston, and short-season Staten 8/18 New Hampshire (DH) 5:00 PM Island. 8/19 New Hampshire 5:00 PM 8/20 Hartford 7:00 PM THINKING POSTSEASON: Since April 11, the Thunder have sat in either first or second place in the Eastern Division 8/21 Hartford 7:00 PM standings. Currently just two games behind first-place New Hampshire and 10.5 games ahead of third-place Hartford, 8/22 @ Reading 7:15 PM Trenton is seeking its third consecutive trip to the EL playoffs, a streak that has been achieved just once in franchise history 8/23 @ Reading 7:15 PM (2005-2007). 8/24 @ Hartford 7:05 PM 8/25 @ Hartford 6:05 PM 8/26 @ Hartford 1:05 PM Upcoming Probable Starting Pitchers: 8/27 @ Altoona 6:00 PM 8/28 @ Altoona 6:00 PM Wed,, August 8 vs. Altoona 12:00 PM LHP Ryan Bollinger (6-4, 4.58) vs. RHP Dario Agrazal (3-2, 2.79) 8/29 @ Altoona 6:00 PM 8/30 @ Altoona 6:00 PM Thurs+ day, August 9 vs. Altoona 7:00 PM RHP Trevor Stephan (2-7, 4.78) vs. RHP Eduardo Vera (5-3, 4.62) 8/31 Reading 7:00 PM Friday, August 10 @ Harrisburg 7:00 PM TBA vs. TBA 9/1 Reading 7:00 PM Sat, August 11 @ Harrisburg 6:00 PM TBA vs. TBA 9/2 Reading 7:00 PM 9/3 Reading 1:00 PM # Adonis Rosa 2018 Game By Game: 6’1” – 160 – Age: 23 (11/17/1994) Game Result Dec. IP H R ER BB K HR Pitches Born: Santiago de los Caballeros, DR Resides: Santiago de los Caballeros, DR School: Acquired: Int’l Free Agent, 2013 2018: Went 12-3 with 1 save, and recorded a 3.84 ERA in 20 G/15 starts for High-A Tampa (96 IP, 100 H, 29 BB, 89 K)… 12 G/10 Starts on road: 9-0 2.31 ERA… FSL Ranks as of 8/7: 9th in ERA (3.84), 2nd in Wins (12)… 2017: Pitched primarily for Single-A Charleston, where he was 4-3 with two saves and a 3.04 ERA (83.0IP, 77H, 35R/28ER, 14BB, 79K, 8HR) in 21 games (eight starts)…was promoted to Single-A Tampa on 8/8 and won all three starts while posting a 4.32 ERA (16.2IP, 15H, 8ER, 4BB, 16K, 1HR)…also made two spot starts for Scranton/WB on 6/17-G2 at Buffalo (W, 6.0IP, 6H, 0R, 0BB, 4K) and 7/18-G2 vs. Norfolk (ND, 6.0IP, 3H, 2ER, 1BB, 3K, 1HR)…overall, was 8-3 with two saves and a 3.06 ERA (111.2IP, 101H, 45R/38ER, 19BB, 102K, 10HR) in 26 games (13 starts)…had a 1.64 ERA (44.0IP, 8ER) in 13 outings as a reliever…also tossed 6.0 scoreless inn ings (4H, 0BB, 7K) in Game 1 of the FSL Semifinal Series at Dunedin…following the season, pitched for Cibao of the Dominican Winter League, going 1-1 with a 1.82 ERA (24.2IP, 14H, 6R/5ER, 8BB, 21K, 1HR) in nine games (three starts)… 2016: Split the season with short-season Single-A Staten Island and Single- A Charleston, going 4-6 with one save and a 2.19 ERA (78.0IP, 63H, 25R/19ER, 15BB, 73K) in 14 games (13 starts)…held opponents to a .217 (63- for-290) BA…started the season with Staten Island, going 2-1 with one save and a 1.32 ERA (34.0IP, 23H, 5ER, 7BB, 27K) in six games (five starts)…went 2-5 with a 2.86 ERA (44.0IP, 40H, 20R/14ER, 8BB, 46K) in eight starts with Charleston…recorded a career-high 9K over 6.0 shutout innings in a 8/21 win vs. Greeneville…ended the season with a 19.0-inning scoreless streak (8/16-9/1)…following the season, appeared in 11 games (two starts) for the Gigantes del Cibao of the Dominican Winter League INDIVIDUAL STATISTICAL HIGHS: and went 2-2 with a 1.99 ERA (22.2IP, 11H, 6R/5ER, 7BB, 9K)… Eastern League Highs: Career Highs: IP: -- 7.0 IP 2x, 6/12/2017 @ Hagerstown 2015: Led the Appalachian League in wins, going 7-2 with a 3.93 ERA K -- 9 K 2x, 4/30/2017 @ Delmarva (5.0 IP) (55.0IP, 60H, 24ER, 9BB, 42K) in 11 starts for Rookie-level Pulaski…won BB: -- 4 BB 7/13/2018 vs.